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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TheDragon Reborn (ranked 3137 p4p, 354 weight class) and Nick Faldo (ranked 5537 p4p, 0 weight class). Faldo has chosen Paparazzi Pone - Man Down as his entrance music. Reborn is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Nick Faldo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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195 lbs
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199 lbs
27 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TheDragon Reborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Faldo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Faldo. Reborn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reborn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Reborn is breathing heavily.
Faldo tries to score with a low kick but Reborn moves his leg out of the way.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reborn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Faldo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Faldo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Faldo wants to counter the offense by Reborn and move into the clinch position.
Faldo misses with a body kick.
Faldo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reborn's calf.
Reborn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Faldo throws a leg kick
and Faldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reborn misses with a hook
and Faldo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
Faldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reborn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Faldo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reborn.
A hook to the body from Faldo.
Reborn has a couple of punches blocked by Faldo.
Faldo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Faldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Faldo lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo pushes Reborn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Reborn has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Faldo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Faldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from Faldo.
Faldo taking a breather.
Faldo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Faldo taking a breather.
A shot in the inside from Faldo.
Faldo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Faldo presses Reborn against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Faldo lands with a right to the head.
Faldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Faldo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reborn.
Faldo works on Reborn's body with a couple of short punches.
Faldo misses with some punches.
Faldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Faldo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Reborn uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reborn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Faldo misses with some punches.
Faldo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Faldo throws a head punch that misses.
Faldo digs a right hand into Reborn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Reborn's gas tank.
Faldo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Faldo.
Faldo misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faldo.
Reborn misses with some punches.
Faldo stalling in the clinch.
Faldo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
Reborn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Faldo just leaning against Reborn, taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Faldo.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
A short left from Faldo.
Reborn blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reborn misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Faldo.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reborn blocks a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Faldo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Faldo is looking to control Reborn's arms but Reborn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Faldo has his back to the cage.
Faldo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Faldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Faldo.
Faldo taking a breather.
Faldo lands a shoulder strike.
Faldo struggles to land a body shot inside as Reborn controls his hands.
Faldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Faldo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Faldo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Faldo misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Faldo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faldo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Faldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faldo scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faldo misses with the head strike.
Faldo lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Faldo.
Faldo tries to throw a body punch but Reborn avoids it by throwing Faldo back against the cage.
Faldo works on Reborn's body with a couple of short punches.
Faldo misses with some punches.
Faldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Faldo slows down the pace here.
Faldo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reborns head.
Faldo tries to throw a body punch but Reborn avoids it by throwing Faldo back against the cage.
Faldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Reborn misses with an elbow strike.
Reborn throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Faldo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Faldo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Faldo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Faldo. That's going to slow Reborn down.
Faldo checks a low kick from Reborn.
Reborn wants to clinch.
Reborn slips under a jab.
Faldo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faldo. Reborn does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Reborn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Faldo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Reborn on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reborn throws the left hand but Faldo avoids the punch easily.
Faldo cracks a nice hook into Reborn's ribs.
Faldo lands a really nice looking cross but Reborn seems unphased.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Faldo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reborn momentarily.
Reborn is rocked!
Reborn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oh Reborn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Faldo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
TheDragon Reborn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reborn blocks a leg kick.
Reborn looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Reborn seems to have got his legs back now.
Faldo wants to land a leg kick but Reborn is out of range.
Faldo scores with a decent looking hook.
Good leg kick by Faldo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Faldo drops Reborn with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Reborn! Faldo dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Faldo!
Nick Faldo decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated TheDragon Reborn had this to say: 'I can do better'.
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hype
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